Sinbob, no need to take exception to my "Story" comment. It was said with a LOL at the end indicating jest. You have posted several of Mr. Story's comments here, at least once without proper reference which I asked for and you duely gave sometime later. Mr.Story (is it David Story??) seems a bit fantastical to me in virtually all the posts I have seen of his by mostly you and bigP here...some like the fantastical...I take it with many grains of salt and a good natured LOL. End of story for me. Hopefully you agree, Sinbob.

As for ECU being worth far more than 3 plus 30%, I agree fully. In your post that I was responding to, you wrote, and I quote: "We can expect a very undervalued bid on ECU by a major, in the-loop miner, in the not too distant future I assume. I could be all wrong on this, but that is my observation. "

My comment just built on that comment of yours, "hoping" that we could get to 3 before a low-ball bid is made. Something sure seems to be in the wings, even as the pattern of the sellers, and the players at it, remains somewhat the same....so far. There just seem to be very patient, persistent buyers in the ECU market at this point and that is mana to my eyes and investment. Today it was GSCO.

As provenly astute as Michel Roy is and has been and will be with respect to the geology surrounding Velardeña, he is not a Wall Street/Bay Street/Financial Street wizard. Hopefully Altman will protect him on this front, but he has not done anything with poison pills, etc., to protect us and time is getting thin, as you poignantly obsereved with your "observation". I do believe Altman needs to be more proactive in his position and have told him so over the phone several months ago. Maybe this gets to him for re-enforcement, maybe not.

ECU has become a mountain in the time you have been invested in her, Sinbob. Lets not make mountains out of mole-hill chat here, especially when good humored. I take my hat off to you for having been invested in ECU through the stock being worth half a cent until now, slightly longer than me.

You should know from the length of time and the quality of the posts I have made here that I am not ECU's nemisis. Rest assured of this, Sinbob.

All the best,

davi08.